August 10, 2009, 6:04PM

MORRIS COUNTY -- Rife with thriving gangs, state prisons could be operated more effectively with better management, according to the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, Monmouth County Sheriff Kim Guadagno. During a tour today of the Morris County jail, Guadagno cited a May report by the State Commission on Investigations that found prisons are failing to stop gang members from... Full story »

August 07, 2009, 6:54PM

TRENTON -- Sample ballots will no longer be mailed to inactive voters, according to a law signed by Gov. Jon Corzine today, according to a report by newjerseynewsroom.com. The new law, sponsored by Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande (R-Monmouth), takes effect immediately and says that when a mailed sample ballot is returned to a county commissioner of registration and the addressee... Full story »

August 07, 2009, 2:14PM

TRENTON -- One of the New Jersey's highest-profile political strategists will assist Gov. Jon Corzine's struggling re-election campaign. Campaign spokesman Sean Darcy said Friday that Jamie Fox will be an unpaid adviser. Full Star-Ledger coverage of the New Jersey Governor's Race Full story »

August 06, 2009, 4:43PM

ESSEX COUNTY -- Investigators spent several hours today copying the contents of computer hard-drives at Essex County's Hall of Records in connection with a widening election-fraud probe. "Every computer we had, they wanted," said Carmine Casciano, the county superintendent of elections shortly after the computer forensic investigators left his Newark offices. Full story »

August 05, 2009, 6:08AM

WEST LONG BRANCH -- A new poll finds that New Jersey voters are not fired up by the addition of lieutenant governor candidates to this year's election. A Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey Poll released today finds that about 6 in 10 voters are aware that this fall is the first time the state will elect a second-in-command. But more... Full story »

July 27, 2009, 11:30AM

Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Eric Holder will be in Philadelphia Tuesday for an event with governors and mayors from across the region. Biden and Holder were originally scheduled to hold the event, on community policing grants, in Pennsauken, Camden County, but the location was switched to Philadelphia . Full story »

July 22, 2009, 7:53PM

July 21, 2009, 6:22PM

TRENTON -- Randal Pinkett, a past winner of the Donald Trump reality show "The Apprentice" who has been considered by Gov. Jon Corzine to run for lieutenant governor, has scheduled a Wednesday news conference to address "speculative reports" about the position. No further details were released today, and Pinkett and his spokeswoman did not return phone calls seeking comment. Full... Full story »

July 21, 2009, 6:04PM

ESSEX COUNTY -- The state Attorney General's office is widening a criminal probe into allegations of voter fraud involving a contentious 2007 Essex County legislative campaign. Last week, investigators took a computer with registration data from the offices of the county's superintendent of elections, and have been gathering information about absentee ballots cast in the 29th Legislative District, officials said... Full story »

July 17, 2009, 5:14AM

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, who used his Wall Street-generated wealth to finance previous U.S. Senate and governor campaigns, is seeking to raise as much as $15 million to support his re-election bid, according to a report in The New York Times. The report said Corzine hopes to limit his personal campaign spending to $25 million, compared with the $60... Full story »

July 14, 2009, 1:14PM

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie has restored to his website a section discussing his positions on social issues. Democrats had attacked Christie for removing the "Shared Values" page after winning the Republican primary in June. The Democratic State Committee issued daily news releases since June 18 with a "Christie's Values Clock" tracking the days until the section was restored. Democrats... Full story »